Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom
Thermal comfort is essential for students' wellbeing, health, and performance. A conducive classroom must consider the acceptable range of heat and its impact on student performance. The study aims to conduct a pilot test for the determination of thermal acceptability and student perfo...
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| author | Nor Azli, Mohamad Nor Azhari Khasri, Muhammad Aidil Hariri, Azian Chong, Zi Yao Muhamad Damanhuri, Amir Abdullah Mustafa, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan |
| author_facet | Nor Azli, Mohamad Nor Azhari Khasri, Muhammad Aidil Hariri, Azian Chong, Zi Yao Muhamad Damanhuri, Amir Abdullah Mustafa, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan |
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| description | Thermal comfort is essential for students'
wellbeing, health, and performance. A conducive
classroom must consider the acceptable range of heat and
its impact on student performance. The study aims to
conduct a pilot test for the determination of thermal
acceptability and student performance in existing
Malaysian classrooms using physical and subjective
assessments. The methodology requires physical
measurement using KIMO AMI 310 instrument, as well as
subjective assessment via satisfaction survey adapted from
ASHRAE 55 and performance assessment adapted from
WHO Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery (WHO NCTB).
Physical measurement parameters, such as indoor
temperature, air velocity, relative humidity, and prevailing
mean outdoor temperature, were measured in parallel with
subjective assessment of thermal acceptability and
performance assessment. Three days of data collection
were conducted in the secondary school located in Endau,
Johor. There are three classes involved with a total of 46
students. Each class was equipped with two ceiling fans
and both ceiling fans were regulated to the speed of four.
The overall physical and subjective assessment procedure
took approximately 60 minutes per classroom. The
findings showed that all the investigated classes were in the
range of acceptable operative temperature and complied
with ASHRAE Standard 55 for both 80% and 90%
acceptability limits. Pearson correlation analysis showed a
small positive relationship between thermal sensation vote
(TSV) and learning performance was obtained. The results
also showed a higher performance score at the TSV value
of -1 suggesting the students tend to have higher
performance scores when they voted feeling slightly cool.
Thus, the results of the pilot test gave new insight into the
effective method to improve the methodology for the
actual data collection. |
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| spelling | uthm.eprints-81112022-12-13T00:15:10Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8111/ Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom Nor Azli, Mohamad Nor Azhari Khasri, Muhammad Aidil Hariri, Azian Chong, Zi Yao Muhamad Damanhuri, Amir Abdullah Mustafa, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Thermal comfort is essential for students' wellbeing, health, and performance. A conducive classroom must consider the acceptable range of heat and its impact on student performance. The study aims to conduct a pilot test for the determination of thermal acceptability and student performance in existing Malaysian classrooms using physical and subjective assessments. The methodology requires physical measurement using KIMO AMI 310 instrument, as well as subjective assessment via satisfaction survey adapted from ASHRAE 55 and performance assessment adapted from WHO Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery (WHO NCTB). Physical measurement parameters, such as indoor temperature, air velocity, relative humidity, and prevailing mean outdoor temperature, were measured in parallel with subjective assessment of thermal acceptability and performance assessment. Three days of data collection were conducted in the secondary school located in Endau, Johor. There are three classes involved with a total of 46 students. Each class was equipped with two ceiling fans and both ceiling fans were regulated to the speed of four. The overall physical and subjective assessment procedure took approximately 60 minutes per classroom. The findings showed that all the investigated classes were in the range of acceptable operative temperature and complied with ASHRAE Standard 55 for both 80% and 90% acceptability limits. Pearson correlation analysis showed a small positive relationship between thermal sensation vote (TSV) and learning performance was obtained. The results also showed a higher performance score at the TSV value of -1 suggesting the students tend to have higher performance scores when they voted feeling slightly cool. Thus, the results of the pilot test gave new insight into the effective method to improve the methodology for the actual data collection. Horizon Research Publishing Corporation 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8111/1/J14792_fea359008af37f4c9b2e36137ea3b98c.pdf Nor Azli, Mohamad Nor Azhari and Khasri, Muhammad Aidil and Hariri, Azian and Chong, Zi Yao and Muhamad Damanhuri, Amir Abdullah and Mustafa, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan (2022) Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom. Environment and Ecology Research, 10 (4). pp. 508-517. https://doi.org/ 10.13189/eer.2022.100409 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Nor Azli, Mohamad Nor Azhari Khasri, Muhammad Aidil Hariri, Azian Chong, Zi Yao Muhamad Damanhuri, Amir Abdullah Mustafa, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title | Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title_full | Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title_fullStr | Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title_short | Pilot study on investigation of Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) and students' performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| title_sort | pilot study on investigation of thermal sensation votes tsv and students performance in naturally ventilated classroom |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8111/1/J14792_fea359008af37f4c9b2e36137ea3b98c.pdf |
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